Nuclear servitude : subcontracting and health in the French civil nuclear industry
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Bibliographic Information
Nuclear servitude : subcontracting and health in the French civil nuclear industry
（Work, health and environment series）
Baywood Pub., c2011
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L'industrie nucléaire : sous-traitance et servitude
Available at 2 libraries
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Originally published: Paris : Inserm : Editions EDK , c2000
Bibliography: p. 237-248
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book highlights the dangers of the disorganization of work through subcontracting practices, both for workers' health and for nuclear safety.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments Preface 1. The Effects of Ionizing Radiation: Questioning the Current Model 2. Maintenance, Sub-Contracting, Job Instability and Uncertainty, and Radiation Protection: How Are They Evolving? Conclusion Introduction The "Underside"? "Outside" Workers? Industrial Risk Management and Social Relations in the Workplace Research Methodology and Procedure Part I: Working Under the Threat of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation CHAPTER 1: Three Nuclear Industry Maintenance Jobs Valve-and-Pipe Mechanics Non-Destructive Equipment Inspection Specialists "Nuclear Servitude" Workers Conclusion CHAPTER 2: The Social Division of Labor and Radiation Dose Social and Labor Relations Strategies for the Social Division of Labor and Radiation Doses Managing Employment by Dose: What Maneuvering Room Do Outside Workers Have? Conclusion CHAPTER 3: Triple Flexibility Job Flexibility Work-Hour Flexibility Flexibility in Family Life Conclusion Part II: Sources of Legitimacy: Competitiveness, Safety, Radiation Protection CHAPTER 4: Competitiveness, Quality, Safety Getting to the Sources of Productivity and Competitiveness The Quality-Safety Policy and Risk-Prevention Quality Assurance and ISO Standards: Rationalizing Production of Goods and Services Conclusion CHAPTER 5: Organization of Radiation Protection for Nuclear Industry Workers: Rules, Norms, Practices ICRP Recommendations: The Keystone of Radiation Protection Principles of Protecting Workers Against the Dangers of Ionizing Radiation in French and European Union Legislation In Practice: Weakened Dosimetric Follow-Up and Managing Job Assignments by Dose. The Role of the CNIL (National Commission on Electronic Information and Personal Freedoms) Conclusion Part III: What Repercussions on Workers Health and Nuclear Safety? CHAPTER 6: The Health of "Outside" Employees Doing Maintenance Work in Nuclear Power Plant Controlled Zones The Debate on Effects of Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation Protracted Following of Subcontracted DATR Employees in the Nuclear Industry Structural Logic Linking Health Damage to Work Organization
- Premature Deaths Conclusion CHAPTER 7: Safety of Nuclear Facilities or Obliteration of "Traces"? Reduced Safety Margins The Social Division of Labor and Radiation Dose Imperils Safety Incidents Reveal Contradictions Headlong Flight: How Far and with What Consequences? Conclusion Conclusion Work Is at the Core of Nuclear Energy Production Public Health Issues Recommendations for New Research Bibliography Glossary Index
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